Bio-Mimicry

Engineering Natures design

Fall in love with the world around you For you will become the master of machines
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What we see Vs. What its actually is

What do you see?

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Tunnel Boom

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What its actually is!!!

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Why do birds fly in flocks?

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We are not the only engineers!!

There are organisms out there that have already solved the problem that most of the engineers and scientists had spent their careers trying to solve

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1000 years of R&D

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3.8 billion years of R&D

. There

are over 30 Million well adapted solutions

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THE GRAND DESIGN

How do we make things? 96% left over, only 4% being used How does life make things? Life friendly manufacturing process How do we re-design the world we made?

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Water Conservation Desalination plant in camel Sahara Forest Project

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City Planning-Slime mold (A rapidly growing amoeba)

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Avoiding Accidents Mimicking Grasshoppers

Indians had 9845 accidents in 2011 alone!!! But grasshoppers fly 1000s in numbers but still dont Collide with each other

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Eco-Conservation Bio-degradable plastics

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Electric eel as Insulators & Bio-Batteries

Bio-Batteries that can be installed in Human body, which can run using the Chemicals in our body.

How is eel insulating against its own electric current?

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Our favorite pet too is not an exception

Shoes that prevent slipping while walking in ice

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Natures Sensor techniques Night Vision

Dragon Fish

Dung Beetle

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Humidity detector and material technology

1. Can carry a load equal to 850 times their weight. The equivalent load for a 200 pound person would be 170,000 pounds, equal to 3-4 loaded cement trucks!
2. It is normally bright green, but turns black when wet.

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IR detector-Melanophila beetle

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Bio-mimicry in Architecture Turning torso

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Bio-mimicry in architecture East Gate Center-Termite mound Natural Air-conditioning

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Power of shape Bionic car

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Power of shape
Mimicking the bumps on the Whales fins, on turbine blades, efficiency had found to be improved by 15%

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Power of Shape
Wheels that can be driven easily on ice covered area, after mimicking honey comb shape

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Functional modeling
Black box approach
Nature

Problem

Black box

Solution

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Design Challenge
Nature is filled with countless other planned, practical ideas which await our discovery. Choose any living thing you find interesting, observe its function, and translate it into engineering design application. Initially conceptualize your idea using black box approach, and mail it to me. We can follow it up to Thiram13

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Any time

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